Diet of the Chilean flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis (Phoenicopteriformes: Phoenicopteridae) in a coastal wetland in Chiloé, southern Chile

Table 4 Prey selection of the Chilean flamingo in the study area from June to September 2011

Prey	Pobserved	Pexpected	Bonferroni intervals
Harpacticus sp.	0.287	0.840	0.183 ≤ P₁ ≤ 0.391* (−)
Polychaetes	0.028	0.150	0.000 ≤ P₂ ≤ 0.066* (−)
Ammonia beccarii	0.685	0.010	0.578 ≤ P₃ ≤ 0.792* (+)

Bonferroni's simultaneous confidence intervals were applied to assess observed versus expected proportion of consumed prey. *Statistically significant differences P < 0.05 (−) corresponded to prey items consumed less than expected by chance, and (+) consumed in greater proportion than expected by chance. χ² = 4973.52; P = 0.0001.

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